Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1934, Page 15

Washington News ALGOHOL TAX UNIT OLD BY COUNSEL 10 STICK 0 J0BS Showdown Near on “Pat- ronage Rider” Dropping 900 From Rolls. RIGHTS “PROTECTED” BY REFUSAL TO GO Gen. Ansell Needed and Dismissal Enforce- ment Would Violate Laws. Declares An early showdown is likely in the case of the alcohol tax unit employes, who are due to be dropped from Government rolls tomorrow night through operation of the “patronage rider.” Gen. Samuel T. Ansel!, their counsel, has advised them to stav on the job “to protect their rizhts,” contending the rider does not arbitrarily irvolve dismissal, though it coes cut off their y. “The Government needs these men,” said the former jude» advocate gen- eral of the Army. “To remove them violates all law: to let them remain violates none, and there will be no trouble about getting their pay a little later.” Treasury Attitade. The Treasury attitude in this new development is uncertain. Officials there have said the “rider” sponsored by Senator McKellar, Democrat, Tennessee already has cost the Gov- ernment millions, due to demoraiiza- tion of this force which enforces the liquor laws. Secretary Morgenthau has descnbed the situation as one of “chacs.” A large number of the' employes, who came over from the old Justice Department prohibition set-up, have been reappointed, effective Saturday, after passing the second examination to preserve the competitive civil serv- ice status they already had, but more than 900 failed the test and face dismissal. Congress Action Expected. The belief is growing that Congress will step into the picture as soon as it convenes. but in the meantime the Treasury would be forced to go along with a force composed in great part of inexperienced workers. Within the next two weeks some action will be had. too, on the injunc- tion proceedings instituted in an ef- fort to keep these workers in their Jobs, A temporary injuction was denied by Chief Justice Wheat in District Supreme Court Monday. It was thought today that some definite action in the matter likely would be taken by the Treasury to- morrow, but in what direction, was uncertain. —_— Marriage Licenses. Car1vle Ga.. and Warren T. Fairclo rdele. Ga; and Olive E. Geiger. F. D. Letts. LeRoy H_ Harding Mary M. Johnson. Rev. A, A\xh cCall . and Ky ne Rhode 425 P st o ousvute: - 17 Quincy ol ’n’m“cm wo st W icago s Th?’-“",nd Angela P. Darr. 24, 125 R st. Rev_ Stephen McCabe Chester B Peake. 44 917 7th st. ne. & Kam]vtn Yates K. Gwrl!. \h"; Rev. H. R o York Gty and . 47 1803 Bilumore st.; 5 . and 2610 Georsia and Pau- {10 G st L. D. 51 215 Lonsfellow st. and Sara A Anderson 6. Steubenville. ohio: v oward Wel Jamer B “TRomas. 23 Nave Yard. Betoths 1 Aisink. 8. Baltimore: L 1. McDousle. e 35. 1000 P st ight. Va Rev and Rev william H. Sledze, 36. and Tnez BDB:;K"“:H Rev. unham D:\;d‘ R Scott. 202272 Cathedral ave. and Margaret C;‘Rbn’ur‘k;: o Washins® C: Rev. Robert Carri Jaes P Blakes 5. and Marian W. Garves. 1. both of Richmond. Va.: Rev. John C. i, Chicazo. TIL. 7. Milwaukee. 2030 ath st. and 1811 17th st: . and Broad and Rev. and wis.: a3 ne Mavearot B_Jackson 170 Branch rd. R!\ -!_JNAV\ 5 2% st and Miriam E. ‘l%nk;‘d' 27. Greencastle. N v_ Albert onger. Fnlhlfld 50 Barnett. 22 Philadelohia. Pa.. and Ardella Offuit.” 18, 1367 Willard st.. S A _Warren Jones 5% and Mary R. Utter of Baltimore: Rev. C. F. mas Eamuel Long. 21_919 G st. s.w line Fridie."17. 904 E'st G E Alert G Kennev. 30, Chevy Chase Md and Ruth I. Reaser. 2% Cavalier Apart- ments: Rev. C. C. Rasmussen_ Charles H. Darmetiell. 29, 1073 13h st and Grace C_Chapoell =% Drakes Branch. Va: Re on Andrend Bawion, 5 and_Catherine F “Blackwell. 3 Swarney 4157 Alabama ave and Mabel 5. 1513 Rev. James H. McBroom Ritrer_ 24, Brewco RInff_Va. and Bersch, 24. Arvonia. Va.: Rev. J. C. Ball Harry L Bader 00, and Beatrice L Stiffler 24 Both of Baltimore: Rev J.H. Dun- ('har! e Flamnia. 26 ‘and Elsie L H\l!]\n:- fon,” 12 both of Richmond. Va 1. McDougle 2 S Maithews i both of Trenton. N. J: Rev. Willam Enfante 27, 1793 fth <t s w., Madeline C. Pane. 4 1st st P. L Norris by A Carretta, and Gertrude E. L And Ear . and Jane D. Gabel. and W Kkivn. N, I Rew vork r Lynich. City. John Webb 25 M. Paskehall, H._Jernagin. Williag B Dasid 21 and Goldie B. Rubin 15" "both of Richmond. Va.; Rev. S. H. Metz, K st se. S K5 and India se.. Rev 23 Births Reported Norman J and Katherine R Miller. boy Richard H. and S8arah W. Rule. vov. s A. and_Theresa Komenda. $arry W. and Louise V. Merchant. hov. Herman R. and_Dorothy E. Duley. &irl Robert J. and Florence B Bowman. Douglas_and Mary T Speire. girl George F. and Mabel V. Boland. irl. Paul and Rose Petrini. bov Allgood S. and Mary R Joseph and Hester M. O'Connor. bo: Jrmnen W ana Anna G, Counseimar James H and Esther U. Langley. girl. Alton and Agnes Clegg, boy, Alexander and Virginia_Avent. bov. Robert and Elizabeth Harkins, boy. Herman and Sarah Mool Wallace R and Margaret Sharps. boy. Hill and Mary Tihbs. boy, Joseph and Julia_Moore. boy. William S. and Geneva Beryman. girl Wiiliam and Catherine Elizabeth Waring, ¥arl and Gladys M. Johnson. eirl James O. and Svlvia B McKenzie, sirl. Preston and Heien Wood. Furman and Lillian Chllii tlrl John W. and Viola L. Hoes. girl. Leon and Irene E. Mncon girl. James W, and Evi G, Manning boy. Frances and Annie Allen boy. Charles and Ula Gibson. boy. John and Ruth Jackson. b ames and Gladys Wilson, boy. leming and Helen Gregory, boy. iley_and Briner Williams. girl. oy E. and Anna Hinnant.' girl arl B.'and Edith M. Gross Addison ‘and Emma Powell. girl. Anthony and Lucy Wood. girl Jlkr nd, Mary J, Coleman, girl B. and Cecelia_Savoy.' girl. wflu and Belle West, girl. sirl. &irl wirl. Workers i Second Time Williams, Sanitary Gro- cery Employe, Taken to Woods and Stabbed. Previously Was Bound and Gagged, Thrown Down Bank. For the second time in a little more than two months, Carl Williams, 22, 120 E street, Sanitary Grocery clerk, | late yesterday was kidnaped and robbed of company and personal | funds. Yesterday he was robped of an un- | determined sum and stabbed twice in the arm by two men who kidnaped him in the downtown section and took | him to woods in Anacostia in taxicabs which they switched en route. There tney twice stabbed him in the arm when he started to put up a fight. On September 13 he was kidnaped, bound and gagged and thrown down an embankment on the Mount Ver- non Memorial Highway, after being robbed of $117. Williams, now employed at the Sani- tary Grocery store at Fifth and G streets, told police he was approached yesterday by two men at Sixth street and Massachusetts avenue while on nis way to a nearby bank to deposit store funds. Threatened With Pistol. TI SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, Clerk Kidnaped and Robbed in Two Months = CARL WILLIAMS. stabbed him twice in the arm with a pocket knife. Subsequently, the robbers hurried out of the woods, and Williams after | walking to the roadway, was picked |up by a passing motorist who drove him to Sibley Hospital. There his wounds were treated and he went home. Williams said today he does not know what amount of the company funds was contained in the envelope. | explaining officials do not tell clerks the amounts given for deposit. The One of the bandits thrust a pistol against him and told him to keep quiet. Then they marched him to a | taxicab parked in the middle of the block nearby and ordered the driver to Eleventh and M streets southeast, one of the bandits meanwhile keeping a pistol trained on Willlams from a left-side overcoat pocket. At Eleventh and M streets south- | east the bandits dismissed the taxicab, haled another and ordered the driver to the top of Good Hope Hill, in Ana- costia. There. after dismissing the second driver, they marched Williams | into the woods. After robbing him of the store’s funds and several dollars of his cwn money, one of the bandits proposed knocking him out. At this, Williams struck one of them with his fist. In retaliation one of them hit him and sum, however, was part of the day's receipts. In the kidnaping and robbery on September 13, Williams was knocked out by one of the robbers shortly aftor being kidnaped at Seventh and N streets. The next thing he knew. he said. was when he regained consciousness and found himself bound near the Memorial Highway. On that occasion passing motorists discovered his plight, helped him to their automobile and drove him to Emergency Hospital for treatment for head cuts. Williams | was working for a Sanitary Grocery Store in the 1100 block of Seventh street at the time of the first robbery. | Wwilliams gave police a detailed de- scription of the men who robbed him vesterday. They were not the same, he said, who previously HORSE-AND-BUGGY DRIVER HELD BEST Motorist Who Pulled Reins Declared Superior—Traf- fic Control Seen as Lax. People who have driven horses are better automobile drivers than those who never handled a pair of reins, Dr. J. P. Turner, president of the Sixteenth Street Highlands Citizens' Association, de- clared in commenting on Washing- ton’s traffic problem at a meeting of the association last night in the Brightwood School. “I have been driving since 1894, he said, “and it is my opmion that people who drove horses before learn- ing to drive cars are better judges of distance and make better drivers “Traffic laws are not enforced in Washington,” he said. “There are not sufficient traffic policemen half of 1 per cent of the drivers in ‘Washington obey traffic rules regard- ing crosswalks, where I think the regulations call for a speed of not to exceed 10 or 15 miles per hour.” To Get Police Opinion. It was decided to summon the cap- tain of the sixth precinct to explain { the traffic situation to members of the association before action is taken. Dr. Jesse Benjamin expressed belief that to enforce the traffic laws in the downtown section an extra partol- man is needed at each intersection. “What can a traffic policeman do on a tub in the middle of the street,” he asked. “If he sees a violation he can't leave his post to make an ar- will violate the law. There should be a policeman standing on the curb where every one can see him and re- port violations to him directly and at once.” Might Use Motor Cycles. Jesse Pawling thought that if this extra man were given a motor cycle the situation would be improved. “We should have a mobile force of motor cycle policemen to enforce the traffic laws,” he said, “and those who should pay for it are those who bene- fit—the car owners. I do not believe in reducing taxes on motorists.” The association voted another change in its meeting night, changing from the fourth Wednesday to the third Wednesday. The association voted to hire a professionai to collect dues from its delinquent members, paying him 25 per cent of the dues collected. A sug- gestion that some one be hired from District relie{ rolls for this purpose was tabled. On motion of Dr. Benjamin it was voted that if any of the pending pro- posals for changing the form of the District government are adopted by Congress “it is the sense of this as- sociation that it is highly essential to the interests of the library-using pub- lic that the Board of Library Trustees of the Public Library be continued as at present, whether or not the Dis- trict government continues un- changed.” Henry I Quinn, member of the Board of Education, was appointed | chairman of a committee to study the desirability of extending the club plan for boys and girls in Wash- ington. BENEFIT FETE PLANNED Our Lady of Sorrow Church Group to Give Dance. The third annual cabaret and dance, for the benefit of Our Lady of Sorrow Catholic Church, Takoma Park, Md., will be held next Wednesday at 9 p.m. in the Community Hall in the Fire House at Carroll and Deanwood ave- nues, Takoma Park. A program of dancing and acts has been arranged under direction of Mrs. veterinarian and | Not | rest, because if he does some one else | PUPL PROMOTION LIMITATIONS HIT Conduit Road Association Fights Physical Defect Remedy Requirement. Branding as “absurd” the proposal made at a recent School Board meet- |ing that a pupil should not be pro- moted to a higher grade until cer- tain bdhysical defects are corrected, the Conduit Road Citizens' Associa- tion in & resolution adopted unani- | mously last nighi vigorously opposed ! adoption of this proposal by the board. Copies of the resolution are to be sent to Dr. Frank W. Ballou. superin- | tendent of schools, and to the Com- missioners. Lack of Police Scored. The lack of policemen was scored in another rasolution, adopted unani- mously after it was pointed out by President Elis R. King that in No. 7 | precinct there now is the same num- ber of policemen “as we had 28 years ago.” The neea for policemen at the intersections along Conduit road dur- ing the periods when school children must cross the road was stressed. It was suggested that some of the policemen be relieved from clerical duty at headquarters and assigned to street duty. The group was informed a scout car woula be assigned to pa- trol Conduit road starting tomorrow. The association voted against ap- pointing a “vigilance committee” to work with the Federation of Citizens' | Associations and the Police Depart- ment. Members declared, however, they would co-operate in the war against crime. The proposal to change the name of Conduit road to L'Enfant drive, in honor of the planner of the Capital, was favored by the Executive Com- mittee. The matter was referred to a special committee, however. Conference Ordered. The committee, composed of Mrs. | W. Arthur Snell, chairman; Frank Shull, W. A. Roberts, Mrs. H. J. Steimer and Clyde S. Bailey, was in- structed to confer on the question with the National Capital Parks and Plan- ning Commission, the Commissioners, the War Department and Maryland authorities. A special committee was named to investigate the possibility of the need for a change in the present system of paroling prisoners in District penal institutions. BEATEN AND ROBBED Baltimore Man Says He Was Thrown on Freight. Brought vefore Judge Ralph E. Given in Police Court today, Robert H. Wilson, about 45 years old, of Baltimore, Md., testified he had been beaten and robbed in that city and thrown on a train by three unidenti- fied men on November 10. Wilson was arrested at the Balti- more & Ohio freight yards here sev- eral days ago and sent to Gallinggr Hospital. Released today and brougl\ to court, he told Judge Given his story and asked for permission to go back to Baltimore. This was granted. MAY NOT LOSE SIGHT Col. Leroy W. Herron, advertising manager of The Star and command- ing officer of the 313th Field Artillery, Organized Reserve, whose right eye- ball was punctured in an automobile collision here last week, may regain full use of the injured eye, it was said today at Emergency Hospital. For a time following the accident it was feared that he not only might lose the injured eye entirely, but that the other eye also might be impaired. Col. Herron may be able to leave the hospital rext week, although he is not expected to return to his duties for . B. Osborn, general chairman, | some Limes o TRAFFIC FATALITY TOTAL REACHES 14 DURING NOVEMBER Death List Within Three of Record September Toll of 17 Victims. TAXI DRIVER, ON FOOT, FATALLY HURT BY AUTO Skull Fractured in Crash—New Yorker Is Struck at Thomas Circle. ‘The number of trafic fatalities In the District for November had reached 14 today, with two persons dead as a result of separate accidents. This brought the total within three of the all-time month high of 17 deaths established in September. Wesley Luke, 23, a taxicab driver of 767 Tenth street southeast, was struck early today by an automobile operated by Miss Jeannette H. Mes- singer, 27, of 2526 Seventeenth street, near the intersection of Sixteenth and R streets. He died of a fractured skull shortly after being admitted to Emergency Hospital. Was Rushed to Hospital. Luke, according to police, was standing in the street at the time of the accident. He was taken to Emer- gency Hospital by Leon B. Dieux, 831 Rock Creek Church road, a pass- ing taxicab driver. John Cruzzola, 42, of 1443 South Carolina avenue southeast, died late yesterday in Gallinger Hospital from injuries received Saturday when struck by an automobile at Fourteenth and Massachusetts avenue southeast. The car was operated by Addison Copeland, 27, of 933 N street, accord- ing to police. Copeland was released in $1.000 bond on a charge of reckless driving. New Yorker Iajured. Herman Davis. 39, of New York City, who is stopping in the Burlington Hotel, was struck by an automobile last night while crossing Jassachusetts avenue at Thomas Circle. At Emer- gency Hospial his condition was re- ported as “undetermined.” He re- ceived injuries to his head and right knee. The driver of the car was Asbury S. Hooper of Tudor Hall, Tenth street and Massachusetts avenue. Everett Hancock, 1333 K street, re- ceived a compound fracture of his left leg early this morning when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver on K street near his home. He was taken to Emergency Hospital where his con- dition was reported “good.” Police have broadcast a lookout for the driver of the car. 'CASH AND JEWELS TAKEN BY ROBBERS “Toothpick Burglar” Again Ac- tive—Dressed Turkey Taken by Thief. About $100 in cash and $275 worth 1 of jewelry and clothing comprised thie loot in hold-ups and burglaries re- ported in the past 24 hours. The “toothpick burglar,” who stuffs shvers of wood into the keyholes of the front doors of houses he robs to keep from being surprised laside, took jewelry valued at $150 and $26 in cash from the home of A. Brandon Bratton, 2810 Thirty-ninth strect. A few blocks away, the home of Joseph Gurewitz, 3214 Thirty-eighth street, was robbed of a dressed turkey. an assortment of old coins and jewelry, having a total value of $104, and $7 in | cash. Mrs. Birdie Elliott. Senate Hotel, re- ported the theft of her pocketbook containing $40 from her room. Miss Elsie Barnes, 1516 Ninth street, was the victim of a pocketbook snatcher, who escaped with her purse containing about $11; Thomas Arnold, Capitol Heights, Md., was slugged by several colored men and robbed of a $15 watch and $1.50, and John Craw- ford, 1410 Montello avenue northeast, manager of a chain store at 1348 Florida avenue northeast, was held up by a colored man who took $25 from a cash register. POST OFFICE.EMPLOYES PROMOTED BY FARLEY Four Veterans Elevated in Rank Under Order of U. S. Depart- ment Head. Four veteran employes of the Post Office Department got something to be thankful for yesterday when they received promotions under an order signed by Postmaster General Farley. The changes are effective imme- diately. Francis J. Buckley, superintendent of the Division of Post Office Quar- ters, becomes deputy Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, succeeding Smith W. Purdum, now Fourth Assistant; Joseph F. Betterley, assistant deputy Fourth Assistant, succeeds Buckley; Louis Y de Zychlinski of the Fourth Assistant’s office, becomes assistant deputy, and Frederick C. Conwell, an aid to the assistant director, Division of Buildings and Supplies, becomes assistant director. Deaths lieporled. William H. RlChlrdAOn. 82, "0 Seaton st. Ellen B‘l‘SA 5(':‘. l(': lh " 13 ‘ox, 7R 8:3;:5“' toim: 76, 8t. Blizabeth's Hos- getown Hospital. M rcishell 0 1502 Bast Capi- Jettts] Dev!r;;“:; linger Hospital. u"'"n".dsuiuvm. ‘Georsetows Hos- Roberts, 56, Soldiers’ Home. ;?Eg Voorhees. 5%, Tuberculosis Hoso Tasios Papadakis. ar 806 E st. 5. Eaiog PP ence Hospital. 0 H st. ne. wis, A2, s Hosi ‘momn M. Levm 55 unmnur Howlul Joseph 8. Owens. 3 _P}r{edlmeni Hospital. nes. Haide Jon i 45, 031 Tath st. Taylor Ohm 43, Gallinger. Hospital. Madge Burreil Preedmen's Hospital William Hollingsworth. 4. Casualty Hos- Jmph Lewis. 24. Gallinger Kafipital. Julia Hospital in a serious condition truck at the corner, ERLINANDDUNN FAGE LONG TERMS Tri-State Gangsters Will Be Called for Sentence Next Week. Sentence will be imposed next week on Samuel C. Berlin and John (Slim) | Dunn. who were convicted yesterday | in District Supreme Court on charges | of participating in the $1,600 hold-up of the Heurich Brewery October 3, 1933. The pair, found guilty after 57 min- utes of deliberation by a jpry, face a maximum penalty of from 3 to 15 years under the District’s indetermi- | nate sentence law. Immediately after the verdict was announced, Berlin and Dunn. alleged members of the notorious Tri-State gang, were remanded to jail by Justice James M. Proctor, who deferred ser- tence pending an expected appeal by | their counsel, Attorney James A. | O’Shea. Face Other Charges. Besides the Heurich robbery both Berlin and Dunn face indictments | charging them with complicity in the Union Station hold-up, in which | a sack of Federal Reserve Board mail | was stolen and a United Gtates mail | employe was shot | Before the jury retired Justice | Proctor instructed them to “receive | with suspicion and consider with | caution” the testimony of the Gov- | ernment’s principal witness, Arthur | (Dutch) Misunas, former Tri-State gangster. Misunas was admittedly an accom- plice to the robbery, the justice point- ed out, andgthe jury was told to| consider this fact along with Misunas’ testimony. Throughout the trial, which opened Monday. police guarded Misunas with sub-machine guns and picked details of sharpshooters when they brought him to and from the court room. Deny All Charges. Testifying in their own behalf, Berlin and Dunn issued categorical | denials to all charges made by Gov- | ernment witnesses. They denied, in particular, the story of Misunas, both stating they had never seen the burly blond gangster before he implicated them in the robbery. Policeman Joseph E. Lynch of Bal- timore, a rebuttal witness, testified in | the Government's effort to refute cer- tain details of Berlin's history given by the defendants. Since 1929, Lynch told the jury, Berlin had not been absent more than six months at any time from the vicinity of the police- man’s beat in downtown Baltimore. Prompted by Defense Attorney Ellis Levin of Baltimore, Berlin gave a sketchy history of his life, admitting he had been arrested on at least two previous occasions, once for fighting and again for carrying a gun he never saw until a policeman pulled it out of his pocket at headquarters. Walter Legenza and Robert Mais, who recently shot their way out of the Richmond Jail, and William B. Phil- lips, now dead, were other members of the Tri-State gang who allegedly par- ticipated in the brewery robbery. _— JUDGE’S SON HELPS DAD METE JUSTICE Solicitor Suspect Freed on Prom- ise Not to Repeat Alleged Offense. Judge Ralph E. Given’s 21-year-old son Billy, a George Washington Uni- versity law student, was able to help his father in Police Court today. Billy was seated near his father getting some first-hand knowledge of court work when William V. Donovan, about 29 years old, was brought fore the judge on a charge of solicif ing alms. “This man has been to our house asking for clothes, Dad. We gave him some pants, shoes and a hat,” Eilly leaned oyer and whispered to his father. Questioned about this Donovan, who pleaded guilty, seemed dumb- founded, He admitted, however, hav- ing been near 3716 Morrison street, where the judge lives. But today is Thanksgiving and Judge Given, with visions of his own turkey dinner before him, took Dono- van's personal bond not to repeat the offense. Mrs. Given, when asked about the man having been to the house, ex- claimed, “Why that fellow was here only yesterday. tearing & tire, -hxch is shown | amination NOVEMBER 29, 1934, Three persons were inju Colliding Trucks Injure 3 Persons; All in Hospital Father and Son Among | Those Involved in Early Accident. Three persons, and son, were injured at Tenth and G streets this morning when two wholesale grocery trucks collided The injured were taken to Emergency Hospital by the fire rescue squad The father and son were admitted to the hospital after preliminary ex- which showed the son’s | condition to be serious but “undeter- ! minted.” The father's condition was not considered as serious as that of the son, but hospital attaches said he would be treated for several days. George Fillah, 55. of 1137 Tenth street and his son, Nicholas, 18, suf- | fered minor head injuries. Fillah is the owner of the truck in which he | and his son were riding. The truck | was driven by Charles P. Johnson, colored, 26, of 1332 Twenty-ninth | street. who was not hurt The driver of the other truck, Hugh Richardson, 22. of 1740 L street, re- ceived injuries to his head and shoul- ders. for John Sheahin, whose place of business is located at 821 Eleventh street. The Fillah truck. according to po- lice, was making a left turn from Tenth into G streets, while the Sheahin truck was proceeding down G street, passing a street car. They collided at the corner where the McLachlen Banking Corp. is located, the Sheahin truck bounding over the curb and into the wall of the bank | building. TEN RADIO CARS ADDED BY POLICE, 33 to Be on Patrol Duty and 16 Assigned to Inspectors’ and Detective Squads. Ten new radio cruiser cars have been purchased by the Police Department | and will be placed in use within two weeks, according to an announcement today by Inspector William G. Stott. The new cars will bring the numter of radio-equipped cars in the local Police Department to 49. Of these, 33 are used in patrolling the precincts and 16 are assigned to the inspectors and the various detective bureau squads. With delivery of the new cars, the precincts will be equipped with ma- chines as follows: first, 3; second, 3; third, 3; fourth, 2: fifth, 1: sixth, 3; seventh 3; eighth, 3; ninth, 2; tenth, 3; eleventh, 4, and twelfth, 4. Some of these cars are assigned to sergeants, but, being radio equipped. can also be summoned in case of an emergency. Inspector Stott said he did not want it understood that the cars were to replace all of the footmen, even in the outlying precincts. but that they have been found to give rar better protection to the public than foot patrolmen. Nickel Telephones To Be Installed in Larger Hostelries People’s Counsel Roberts and Hotel Association Will Co-operate. People’s Counsel Willlam A. Roberts announced yesterday he had secured a promise from the Hotel Men's Associa- tion here to install nickel-in-the-slot telephones in Washington’s larger hostelries, where a charge of 10 cents is now made for a telephone He said he had obtained this pramhe in exchange for a promise to cam- paign for reduced long-distance rates to and from the District. Details of the campaign, he said, would be revealed later. Local telephone bills were ordered reduced 10 per cent by the Public Utilities Commission yesterday, but this order had no bearing on long- distance rates, over which that com- mission has no jurisdiction. Roberts’ fight for lower long-distance rates will be conducted before the Federal Communications Congnission. including 8 father | He was driving a grocery truck Society and Generai Trucks Collide—One Hits Bank Wall Two produce trucks collided early today at G and Tenth streets with one truck leaping the curb and crash- ing into the McLachlen Banking Corp. Building. The truck shown above was passing a street car when it collided with another mmed against the radiator, from the other truck. * red, two of whom are in Emergency CRIME BCDY PLAN OUTLINED BY NOEL |Sane and Scientific Proce- dure Will Be Followed, He Declares. Sane and scientific planning. coupled with continuous work, will | constitute the program of the Citi- zens' Crime Committee for solving Washington's crime problem. it was announced today by F. Regis Noel, chairman. | Noel's announcement followed a meeting of the committee last night. | at which it was decided to invite Dr. “Leemrd White to confer with members. Dr. White studied the crime situation in Chicago for the Chicago Crime Commission “Emotionalism and hysteria will have no part in the conduct of the | affairs of this committee.” Noel de- clared. “Our crime situation is more than a problem in some of its aspects. | At least it is a puzzle. The typical ’pubhc attitude toward criminals is, at times, beyond understanding. and that attitude contributes to the plight in which we now find our city.” Noel declared the committee intends to proceed “in a sane. scientific and continuing manner until crime in ‘Washington has been reduced and an improved program for crime pre- vention and control has been estab- “We appreciate the pledges of sup- port and co-operation received from citizens and organizations,” he said. “It is our hope that the p2ople znd the press of the District will realize the enormity of the task at hand and that they will become increasingly in- terested in assisting the committee to a sound and permareni soluti>n of the problem.” DISPLAY OF RARE BOOKS TO OPEN IN NEW YORK Volumes Owned by Washington Residents Include Famous Anthony Wayne Papers. Copies of a number of first edi- tions, other rare book collections and valuable papers dating back to the American Revolution—which were owned by Washingtonians—will be placed on exhibition Saturday at the American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, New York, prior to dispersal several days later. The display will include rare selec- tions from the collection of the late Jahu De Witt Miller, of this city, sold by order of the District Supreme Court in the settlement of an estate, and the famous Wayne papers, sold by order of the daughter of the late Wayne MacVeagh of Washington and Philadelphia. The important autograph letters and documents from Gen. Anthony Wayne's personal file represent 53 catalogue lots. Of the 23 letters and documents by Gen. Wayne, 10 are to Washington. Other letters in- clude Washington's order to Wayne to prevent the British from advanc- ing from Philadelphia; Washington's directions to “Wayne the Drover” to drive cattle by certain routes to Val- ley Forge for the relief of the starving army. DR. ARMSTRONG SHOWS SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT Public Health Service Physician Not Yet Out of Danger in Mysterious Illness. Dr. Charles Armstrong of the Pub- lic Health Service, whose studies of sleeping sickness brought him na- tional renown, was reported today at Naval Hospital to be slightly improved, though not yet out of danger. He is suffering from a malady that attending physicians have not been able to diagnose definitely, although they have expressed the opinion it may be some new form of sleeping sickness. His mental disturbances are thought to resemble one of the symp- toms of the ditease with which he had been experimenting, but other symptoms do not jibe, He is under constant observation. Jewelry Robbery Frustrated. Police last night frustrated the at- tempt of two youths to rob the Marx Bros' jewelry store, 701 Seventh street, by their timely arrival. Po- liceman J. W. Hobbs, first precinct. arrived on the scene before the youths were able to take any jewelry on window display after they had broken Jouths | the window, escaped. its | PAGE B—1 SLUM CLEARANCE PRAISED BY ICKES AS U.5. OBLIGATION Secretary Institutes Seals Drive by Explaining Aims in Capital. TUBERCULOSIS RATE HERE HELD T0O HIGH General Campaign to Wipe Out Disease Is Possible With Moves Started. Increased expenditures for slum clearance, low-cost housing, alley ren- ovation and tuberculosis sanitaria were advocated today by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes as an obligation on the part of the Gov- ernment in the war against tuber- culosis. Inaugurating a series of radio talks under auspices of the National Tu- berculosis Association in support of the sale of Christmas seals, Secretary Ickes cited Washington as an exam- ple of what the Government is striv- ing to do throughout the country in improving sanitary conditions in the big cities. “There is no city in the land that is free of the obligation of meeting the menace of tuberculosis.” he said. “This is true even of this city of Washing- ton. the proud capital of the richest country in the whole world. “Darker Side” Presented. “Here we have a beautiful and gra- cious city, to the building and develop- ment of which some of the best archi- tects and planners in the country have given their best efforts ever since Maj. L'Enfant first drew his inspired plans. Yet this city, with its dis- tinctive circles, its broad avenues and its parks, including one of the love- liest city parks in all the world, pre- sents a darker side of disease-breed- ing hovels of the worst sort: hidden festers, which, for many vears, have resisted all efforts for their removal. thanks to the greed of absentee prop- erty owners, “Here in Washington, according to late statistics, is the third highest tuberculosis death rate of all the large cities of the country,” Secretary Ickes said. Hospitals Held Inadequate. “This is due in part to an inade- quate supply of hospitals for the care of the victims of this communicable, preventable and curable disease. But with respect to these conditions. I am glad to point out thet the Federal Government under this administrarion is assuming a responsibility that all previous administrations have ignored or evaded “President Roosevelt has set Up a special commission, finances with $50 - 000 from P. W. A, to study alley eon- ditions in Washington and make rlans to open them up to air and sunshine. The Public Works Admirustration ha also made a loan and grant of $1.500,- 000 to build an adult tuberculos:s hos- pital to stand side by side with the new children’s sanitarium that has just been put into operation. “In addition to all this,” the Secre- tary pointed out “the Housing Divi- sion of P. W. A. will go forward in this city with one of its slum clearance projects, provided the owners of land Will permit us to purchase what we need at reasonable prices, sc as to make it possible for us to build a project on a low-rental basis.” Slums Declared Disgrace. Secretary Ickes declared that slums are a “disgrace to our civilization." but reminded that no longer is the Government standing aside doiu3 nothing about them. “Not only as a major move in the war against tuberculosis but for many other weighty social reasons.” he saia, “the cleaning out of our slum areas. both in our cities and on our country- sides, ought to be made one of the objectives of the Government.” “For my part,” he added, “I know of no better outlet for such public funds as can be spared for the pur- pose than slum clearance, low-cost housing. alley renovation and tubercu- losis sanitaria. “Thank God, government has at last admitted its responsibility in the premises by inaugurating a move- ment for slum clearance that, if car- ried on with the vigor and enterprise that we are capable of putting be- hind it, will, in course of time, clean up our slum areas everywhere.” Funds Are Declared Small. The expenditure of $150,000,000 in P. W. A, funds for such programs in half a dozen cities, he declared. would “barely scratch the surface,” but was at least a “beginning.” Secretary Ickes made a vigorous plea in behalf of the Christmas seals. As a philatelist, or stamp collector. he declared that he had a personal interest in the issuance of the tu- berculosis stamps. Private collectors are eagerly awaiting them, he re- minded, and full sheets of the vari- ous issues are prized among them. He recommended that the Ameri- can tuberculosis stamps be given the same recognition and validity that European governments give their Christmas seals. —-— CLASS DAY CHANGED Ben Murch School Groups Will Meet Tomorrow. Because of the Thanksgiving holi- day, the classes and study groups at Ben Murch School, usually held on Saturday mornings, will be held tomor- row morning instead, it was an- nounced today by Mrs. A. L. Irving, secretary of the Chevy Chase Com- munity Center. The carpentry class will not be held at all this week. The classes to be held at 8:30 am. tomorrow are art, tap and acrobatic dancing and handcraft. The Friday evening groups will meet as usual. — AUTOS ARE ROBBED Parked car thieves stole more than $200 worth of property from five automobiles late yesterday and last night. Eugene E. Roberts, 3020 Porter street, reported the theft of $150 worth of property from his car in his home garage. Included in the property stolen was a bond of the Metropolitan Investment Co. worth $100. The other four robberies were mostly of clothing.